Method, apparatus and system to automate detection of anomalies for storage and replication within a high availability disaster recovery environment

An apparatus comprising:

• a parameter definition module comprising a plurality of parameters associated with each of a first storage resource of a first cluster and a second storage resource of the first cluster, wherein
• the first cluster is operable to provide computing services to one or more client systems,
• the computing services comprise an application that is hosted by the first cluster,
• the application hosted by the first cluster uses data that is stored by the first cluster,
• the second storage resource comprises replicated data that is replicated from data on the first storage resource on the first cluster,
• the first cluster is operable to use the second storage resource when providing the computing services to the client system(s) responsive to a failover,
• the first storage resource stores the data used by the application, and
• the second storage resource stores the replicated data that is operable to be used by the application,
• the plurality of parameters associated with the first and second storage resources comprise first and second logical unit numbers, respectively;
• an anomaly detection module adapted to detect, as a function of the plurality of parameters, at least one anomaly of the first cluster or the second cluster, wherein
• the anomaly detection module is adapted to detect the at least one anomaly after the data is replicated to the second cluster as the replicated data, and
• the at least one anomaly indicates a mismatch between the first storage resource associated with the first logical unit number and the second storage resource associated with the second logical unit numbers;
• and
• an alert generator adapted to generate an alert in response to the detection of the at least one anomaly.

A system comprising:

• a first cluster having a first storage resource used by an application, wherein
• the first cluster is operable to provide computing services to one or more client systems,
• the computing services comprise the application that is hosted by the first cluster, and
• the application hosted by the first cluster uses data that is stored by the first cluster using the first storage resource;
• a second cluster having a second storage resource operable to be used by a replication of the application, wherein
• the data is replicated from the first cluster to the second cluster as replicated data,
• the second storage resource is operable to store the replicated data operable to be used by the replicated application, and
• the second cluster is operable to provide the computing services to the client system(s) responsive to a failover from the first cluster;
• a parameter definition module comprising parameters associated with the first and second storage resources comprising:
• (i) a first logical unit number (LUN) associated with the first storage resource, and
• (ii) a second LUN associated with the second storage resource;
• an anomaly detection module adapted to detect, as a function of any of the parameters, at least one anomaly, wherein
• the anomaly detection module is adapted to detect the at least one anomaly after the data is replicated to the second cluster as the replicated data, and
• the at least one anomaly indicates a mismatch between the first storage resource associated with the first LUN and the second storage resource associated with the second LUN;
• and
• an alert generator adapted to generate an alert responsive to the detection of at least one anomaly.